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An Extremely *Trivial* Question about W11 Startup
...And this is trivial, but I just really curious...
When I start Windows 11, after it loads, I get the 3-tone welcome sound.
But, I'm not sure exactly when -- some months ago at least -- as W11 is loading and I have my startup screen on my desktop and the little white circle is twirling around, during this, I now get a single tone, a beep. 🎵
I don't recall this beep in the past -- but it is there now. Nothing seems to happen because of this beep; W11 just finishes loading and I get the welcome-tones -- but I heard it now every time W11 is in the process of loading onto my pc.
Was this something that was added at some point by MS -- and, if so, why? What is it for? Does it mean something? Does it mean anything? Does it just beep because my computer wants to beep to test my sound?
(Also, what is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything?) 🙃
As I said, this IS trivial, but I'm just curious why I get this beep now for no apparent reason.
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Hi, that kind of single beep during startup is usually not the normal Windows welcome sound itself. I’d check whether it is coming from the PC firmware, an OEM utility, a connected device, or a startup app that loads before the desktop is fully ready. If the machine otherwise starts normally and there are no warnings in Device Manager or Event Viewer, it may just be a driver or device notification sound. You can also test by disconnecting nonessential USB devices for one boot and checking Windows sound settings to see whether any system event sound matches the beep.
